i just think they're neat

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[inthetags]

Writers. Reblog and put in the tags if you write in past tense or present tense and why ~<3

[ambafaerie]

Can see why so many shipped Yo Han and Ga On but have the shippers addressed the weirdness behind it - not the age gap - but the fact Ga On looks exactly like Yo Han’s dead brother? How do you get around to that.

[highflyerwings]

You don’t get around it. You address it head-on for what it is. Yohan’s emotional fixation on the brother he loved too deeply.

Or you acknowledge that Gaon and Isaac are two obviously completely different people and Yohan isn’t delusional enough to confuse the two after meeting Gaon in person.

Or he’s just delusional enough to let himself get carried away in the fantasy of having his brother back again. And if physical and emotional attraction comes along with that (or because of that), well then, that’s what makes this story the fun gothic tale it is.

[yohansgaon]

on top of that, it's literally in canon that yohan differentiates between gaon and isaac very quickly. when he compares gaon to isaac and reaches out to touch his chin and gaon pulls away, that right there is literally the cutoff point from "he resembles my brother". while gaon might be as compassionate and warm as isaac is, he talks to yohan in a way that isaac never did. he accuses yohan of things left and right. he's combative with yohan. he's ready to kill in multiple cases, which is something isaac was very much against.

and even if yohan was making that comparison throughout the show, so what? it can mean something, or it can not. even if he did, this show has such a beautiful way of confronting real issues like this one that i'd embrace it even if that was the case. even if there was attraction based on that comparison, i'd be totally here for it. that's the joy of being able to consume fiction.

but if physical resemblances is what weirds you out, you're missing the entire point of the gahan ship and quite honestly this show in general.

[thedeviljudges]

no i didn’t spend the last 3 hours going through episodes trying to decipher this maze of a house. 😅

Keep reading

[yohansgaon]

anyone have the link to that one post where someone was trying to figure out the layout of the kang mansion? bc i need it for science right now

[thedeviljudges]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kang Isaac/Kang Yo Han Additional Tags: Anal Sex, Incest, Smut, Praise Kink Summary:

There’s a livewire within him, every nerve on edge and aching for more.

for @themostglorioushour and @technitango

[thedeviljudges]

this is such an underrated fit. 👀

[moonshalf]

I cannot believe we all had a discussion about the yawn scene (whether yohan was really emphasizing with her) whereas it should be obvious that the women weeping for her younger sister was telling yohan that she, too, tried to kill herself because of the grief was really getting to yohan??

[thedeviljudges]

he absolutely looked concerned. this man has tears in his eyes.

i think that a lot of people don’t really think about how... relatively easy it is to switch between emotions? or like, how easy it is to put a mask on when we all do it every day. it’s so easy to cry and pull yourself together in just a few seconds to avoid someone noticing. there’s this detached way people think about emotions where they think that switching over like that is impossible or somehow makes someone inhumane. but again, we don’t even realize we do it every day ourselves. you can also feel more than one emotion at a time. how many of us have been laughing while severely depressed?

yohan yawning doesn’t negate how upset he is over this woman’s feelings. it’s a calculated move, and it serves a purpose for gaon’s interest, but it doesn’t take away yohan feeling for the woman and her situation.

[yohansgaon]

yohan yawning absolutely doesn't take away from the impact of what this woman told him. strictly said, this succession of emotions was put there for us to get into gaon's shoes and doubt yohan. we were supposed to be horrified just like gaon was that yohan looked so bored with this woman's story, because we were supposed to doubt him just like gaon did.

yohan was taunting gaon. he wanted him to think of him as heartless. his role was that of a villain because, as gaon put it, it's easier to be that than a victim. yohan is one of the very few characters in the entire drama who is lucid to the fact that he exists in the gray area between right and wrong, and that's the point.

but that doesn't mean that woman's story actually meant nothing to him. relatable or not, i'm sure it pulls some heartstrings for yohan, who just delivered justice the way it should be done.

[dramaism]

Ji Sung as Kang Yo Han THE DEVIL JUDGE (2021)

If the devil really does exist among us, it would be the self-pity of the powerful.

[thedeviljudges]

re: “the possibility is like a drug” line

@themostglorioushour #because that comes so early in the show i always understood it as being a direct response to gaon’s existence#to gaon’s presence in his office on the live court#and part of it is abt access too#gaon and jinjoo both didn’t have access or means for different reasons#gaon is poor and jinjoo is a woman#these inherently make it more difficult for them#but given the same access that yohan has#the possibility of what the two of them can do is endless#he is giving them possibility and watching them fly and they both side with him in the end

exactly this but extending it further, when you’re in a position where possibilities are endless and/or accessible, that becomes addicting. think of it like capitalism and the elite hoarding money—they’re scared of not having it because it’d force them to live outside their means. when you have chances to pursue the things you want or live a life you want, it’s a possibility for you. it’s within your reach, and you’ll do anything to keep it that way the same way an addict would do anything to get their fill. 

i also found this insanely interesting. when gaon asks yohan why he’s doing this, yohan parrots the question and this (DIKE aka justice) is on the screen before he answers “because i can.” like yohan, you didn’t have to obnoxious. your true answer is behind you, lmao.

[agendratum]

The Devil Judge as text posts (1/?)

[kingkangyohan]

TM: child abuse, flogging

In the aftermath of Minister Cha showing her son's flogged back on TV, everyone is questioning Judge Kang's punishment, thinking it might be too severe and violent. It was all Minister Cha's plan.

The picture are edited to make the wounds bigger and bloody. The only person certain that is all a fake is, of course, Kang Yo Han.

This episode (ep 05) carries another flogging scene.

The reason why Yo Han know's that those pictures are fake is because he knows how flogging wounds look like. He has been treating his for years.

There is a sinister parallel here on Yo Han imposing the same treatment he received when he was a kid to Minister Cha's son. At least partially.

This show. This fucking show.

[maystea]

My. Fucking. God.

[blessyouhawkeye]

kim gaon, now chief justice: i would like to introduce the public to my husband, yang kohan :)

kang yohan, now with a new haircut: hello :)

[dingyuxi]

Am I a bit late? You’re alive! 

[thoughtkick]

“My soul chose yours. And a soul doesn’t just forget that.”

— Ben Maxfield

[thedeviljudges]

the devil judge (2021) kim gaon: before & after yohan

[daktyl-z-jordanii-blog]

the hanged man

[yilinglaozu]

In the car I tell you I want to go home,  so you take me to a field on fire. 

(insp.)

[b612sunsets]

“There was no in-between for him. It was either all or nothing. He wanted everything but settled for nothing.” (insp.)